Bipolar disorder is a condition that causes a child to suffer from severe mood changes and behavior.  Children will present different symptoms than adults with this condition, and their symptoms can often occur many times a day.  Due to the fact that these children have these sudden mood changes, are typically anxious and easily frustrated, there needs to be specific teaching strategies for children with bipolar disorder in place.

There actually have been findings in recent studies that brains in children suffering from bipolar disorder differ biologically from other children.  The disorder affects learning in a variety of ways due to the symptoms of the condition, but also often because of the medications they are taking as well.

The condition will cause problems with learning due to difficulties in paying attention, remembering information, inability to think critically, lack of problem solving skills, problems with eye hand coordination skills, impulsiveness, being easily distracted, feeling withdrawn and unmotivated – depending on the child’s mood at the time.

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